Local principals learn how to protect schools against attack

Local principals met Wednesday at Millsaps College to learn how to safeguard against an attack like the one at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut.

The Mississippi Association of Secondary School Principals heard from Bill Bond, who was principal at Heath High School in West Paducah, Ky., in 1997 when a 14-year-old student opened fire on a group of students. Three were killed and five others injured. Bond said he found himself in the hallway with the gunman, freshman Michael Carneal.

Bond talked about reaction plans, counseling students and how to deal with parents who rush to the scene and want immediate access to their children.

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